Christmas is broken - but you can help fix it

The cost-of-living crisis has hit disabled people hard and this Christmas, many disabled people and their families are forced to make difficult choices, like:

• choosing between buying Christmas presents or putting food on the table and buying essentials
• staying warm or charging vital disability equipment like, hoists and electric wheelchairs

Everyday Scope’s helpline is inundated with calls from disabled people who feel like they have nowhere to turn. Our highly trained helpline advisers can support people with practical advice about benefits or refer people to other specialist services run by Scope – but we are only able to answer 1 in 2 calls.

It costs nearly £1 a minute to answer a call to the helpline and an average call costs £13.

Will you help Scope be there for everyone who needs us this winter, with a gift today?

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Research commissioned by Scope in September 2023 showed the harsh reality of the cost-of-living crisis and its impact on many disabled people and their families. We heard that:

• almost 1 in 3 disabled people say that they expect to be struggling financially
• 38% said they weren’t turning on the heating because of the cost of living
• 45% said they were concerned about affording food.
• almost 4 in 10 expect to spend less on Christmas presents for their children

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If you have been affected by any of the issues highlighted in the campaign, or with anything else, and need support.

You can visit our advice and support pages.

To respect the privacy of individuals, disabled actors are featured in this campaign using real-life experiences of disabled people and those who have benefitted from Scope’s helpline.

To protect their identities, names and photos have been changed.